Section 1, Chapter 63, O.S.L. 1982 (74 O.S. 2003, Section 245) outlines the powers and duties of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. Under that act, the Survey is to:
1. Acquire, archive, process, and disseminate, in the most cost-effective way possible, all climate and weather information that is or could be of value to policy and decision makers in the state;
2. Act as the representative of the state in all climatological and meteorological matters both within and outside of the state when requested by the legislative or executive branches of the state government;
3. Prepare, publish, and disseminate periodic regular climate summaries for those individuals, agencies, and organizations whose activities are related to the welfare of the state and are affected by climate and weather;
4. Conduct and report on studies of climate and weather phenomena of significant socio-economic importance to the state;
5. Evaluate the significance of natural and man-made, deliberate and inadvertent changes or modifications in important features of the climate and weather affecting the state, and to report this information to those agencies and organizations in the state who are likely to be affected by such changes or modifications; and
6. Maintain and operate the Oklahoma Mesonetwork, a statewide environmental monitoring network which is overseen by the Mesonet Steering Committee, comprised of representatives of the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University according to its Memorandum of Agreement.